"Zhihua, what's going on outside, why is it so noisy." There was a hint of anger in Leng Qiuling's voice, he was woken up early in the morning by a loud noise, yesterday he went to see the night scene with Zhihua, so he slept late, and he was woken up before he slept enough, even if he had a good temper, it was difficult not to be angry, and even more so, Leng Qiuling thought that his temper was not too good.

"Miss, the slave will go out and have a look, and it won't stop early in the morning, really." Zhihua also had a blank look, and she also heard the voice getting up, so she didn't know what was going on like her own lady.

Zhihua changed his clothes and walked out, and after a while, he turned back with a smile and said, "Miss, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and a dragon boat competition will be held in Yangzhou City, and people are being selected outside, so it's a little noisy." ”

Leng Qiuling pressed her forehead and lay back again, it was so soon to arrive at the Dragon Boat Festival, it was really a time shuttle, Leng Qiuling squinted for a while before getting up, changed her clothes and went downstairs with Zhihua to eat, ordered the food, and then served a plate of zongzi, saying that it was free for everyone, so that everyone could taste the taste.

The zongzi package is very small and exquisite, and there are only three in a plate, Leng Qiuling uses chopsticks to clip one and put it in the bowl and slowly peel it off, and a sweet taste comes out, and the taste is very good after tasting it, but Leng Qiuling doesn't like to eat sweets, so he doesn't move after eating one.

Although there were a lot of people in the hall, most of them came to see the excitement, but there were not many people eating, so soon the dishes ordered by Leng Qiuling were on the table, and they finished eating slowly, Leng Qiuling drank a cup of tea, and then walked out with Zhihua.

Maybe it's because the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, there are unusually many people on the street, Leng Qiuling and the two finally squeezed out of it, as soon as they got out, Zhihua said with a bitter face, "Miss, it seems that we have met a thief, and the purse on the slave is gone." ”

Leng Qiuling just wanted to comfort a few words, and said with a sinking face, "I know the painting, is there a plum blossom embroidered on your purse?" ”

"yes, how do you know, miss." Zhihua nodded, that purse has been worn for five or six years, and it is really reluctant to suddenly disappear at this time.

Leng Qiuling stretched out her hand and pointed forward, "Take a closer look at whether the purse in that child's hand is yours." ”

Zhihua looked in the direction, and a few meters away, an eight- or nine-year-old boy was holding a purse in one hand, and the other hand was stretching out on the waist of a fat man.

Still a habitual thief, Leng Qiuling glanced at it a few more times, and when Zhihua saw that he found the thief, he couldn't bear it, and shouted as he ran, "You bastard boy, don't hurry up and return my purse." ”

The little boy looked back and knew that something was wrong, so he turned around and ran towards the place where there were few people, and the two of them were outsiders at first glance, and he would definitely be able to get rid of them as long as he ran into the alley and turned around a few times.

Leng Qiuling knew that something bad was going to happen as soon as he heard Zhihua's voice, seeing Zhihua chasing after him, he had no choice but to follow, seeing the little boy running towards the alley, how could Leng Qiuling let him get his wish, picked up a stone and threw it over, just hit the little boy's left foot, the little boy fell to the ground in pain, Zhihua immediately ran to him, snatched back his purse, and said breathlessly, "Why don't you learn so well at a young age, you still learn to steal things, and you are not afraid of being cut off." ”

Zhihua is teaching, who knows that the little boy wiped his tears and cried, and shouted in his mouth, "Woo~~ The bad guy grabbed the money, that's my mother's life-saving money, you pay it back to me, woo~~." ”

I didn't know how to paint, and just as I wanted to say a few words, there was a huge pain in my right arm, and the purse in my hand was gone.

"In broad daylight, you dare to rob money, it seems that it is really not possible to teach you a lesson." A boy dressed in purple grabbed Zhihua's arm, grabbed the purse with the other hand, and threw it to the little boy on the ground.

"It hurts, let go, I didn't rob the money." Zhihua's painful face turned white, and his entire right hand seemed to be broken.

Leng Qiuling stepped forward and pushed away the purple-clothed boy, pulled Zhihua to his side to check it, fortunately, this person just made a little effort, and did not start, and said with a cold face, "I didn't expect that in these years, thieves appear in pairs, why is it that my younger brother was found stealing something, and my brother ran out and the wicked person sued first, and the cooperation was really tacit." ”

The purple-clothed man's face turned dark, and he said angrily, "Obviously, you grabbed the money first, what's wrong with me helping out." ”

"Grab the money." Leng Qiuling sneered and said, "Childe is really eyeless, my maid is just taking back her stolen purse, you might as well look back and see if there is still a figure of the bitter master you think you are." ”

As soon as the purple-clothed boy turned around, sure enough, the little boy had already fled, and when he realized his recklessness, Li Hui's face turned red, and he arched his hand, "Please forgive me, two young ladies, I was also in a hurry and failed to find out the truth, as for your losses, I should compensate you twice." ”

"It's easy for Childe to say, I don't care about those few taels of silver, but how to compensate for the reputation of the two of us, I don't know how many people in Yangzhou City have regarded my master and servant as robbers." Leng Qiuling said unceremoniously with a cold face.

Zhihua also glared at Li Hui on the side, if it weren't for this person and dog meddling with rats, she wouldn't have lost dozens of taels of silver, fortunately, the silver tickets were all on the young lady, otherwise their master and servant would have a problem even eating.

Li Hui met the angry gaze of the two, and said stiffly, "Then I don't know what the two young ladies have to ask for, as long as I Li Hui can do it, I will never refuse." ”

Leng Qiuling glanced at him and didn't speak, Zhihua has always put Miss first in everything, so he naturally stood quietly aside, Li Hui stood there awkwardly to look at this, and then look at that, regretting it in his heart, he knew that this would be the result, even if he was killed, he didn't dare to interfere.

"This young lady, I don't know what your plans are." Li Hui asked cautiously.

"Let's lose money, the mental damage fee is five hundred taels, as for the silver in the purse, you don't have to pay it, we don't care about that money." Leng Qiuling looked directly at Li Hui and said calmly.

Five hundred taels, Li Hui almost shouted. He glanced at Leng Qiuling incredulously and said, "It's a bit too much, and I don't have that much money with me." Li Hui took out his purse and counted it, adding two pieces of scattered silver, a total of two hundred taels.

Leng Qiuling raised her eyes and looked at it, took the purse handed over by Li Hui, nodded, and said, "Zhihua go and borrow a set of paper and pencils, and let this son write the IOU. ”

"Yes, miss, slave and maid will go." Zhihua glanced at Li Hui and turned away, snickering in his heart, let you meddle in your affairs, this time you will be punished.

Li Hui also looked at Leng Qiuling with unbelievable eyes, did he owe money to others, or did he use this inexplicable reason, he had heard this kind of word for mental loss, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of grievance in his heart, he also wanted to do good deeds, how did it become like this, these two girls also said that they were not robbers, it was strange, they were even more powerful than robbers, and their five hundred taels of silver were gone in less than a quarter of an hour, and they didn't know how to explain when they went back.

Zhihua quickly borrowed a pen and paper, under the gaze of the two, Li Hui could only write down the IOU, and also pressed the handprint, Leng Qiuling carefully put the IOU away, looked at Li Hui and said, "Send the silver here tomorrow, if you miss the hour, I will add interest." ”

Li Hui wanted to cry and watched the two leave without tears, touched his poor purse, and weighed the possibility of going to the banquet to be ridiculed in this situation, and finally had no choice but to turn around and go home.

"Miss, it's not good for us to do this, the slave only has more than 20 taels of silver in her purse, and that Li Gongzi didn't mean it, or the 300 taels of silver will be forgotten." Zhihua looked at Leng Qiuling and asked cautiously.

Leng Qiuling glanced at her, and said lazily, "I said that you don't know how to paint, you don't know that tea, rice, oil and salt are expensive, we are purely only in and out now, and I don't want to find a way, hum, I think we can only live on the street." ”

Zhihua didn't know how much silver Leng Qiuling brought out from the house, so he naturally took what Leng Qiuling said seriously, frowned, and said, "Miss, otherwise the slave maid will make some embroidery and sell it, so it can be subsidized." ”

Leng Qiuling turned around, slapped Zhihua on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you don't have to worry about these things, no matter how bad your young lady is, she won't be short of your food money, but there is one thing you can remember, there is no reason not to take the money that is sent to you, understand?" ”

"Hmm." Zhihua nodded blankly, and never mentioned the matter of the three hundred taels of silver, since he had no money in his own family, would others suffer if he still cared about it.

Leng Qiuling's master and servant have been sneaking up the street until the afternoon before returning to the inn, and as soon as they stepped into the store, the guy greeted him warmly and said, "The two young ladies are interested in participating in the quiz activities of the store, and there will be prizes for answering correctly." ”

Leng Qiuling looked up, I don't know when the hall on the first floor of the inn has been hung with tricks, each bag has a riddle written in it, from time to time someone guesses a riddle and then happily looks for the guy next to him to redeem the huàn prize.

Seeing such a lively scene, Zhihua was also a little moved, and pulled Leng Qiuling's sleeve and said, "Miss, why don't we try it too, anyway, we don't need money, even if we answer wrong, there is no loss." ”

"Okay, let's go check it out." Leng Qiuling thought about it and agreed, and casually ripped off a bag and opened it to see, Leng Qiuling's brows couldn't help frowning, after a long time, she actually forgot that she couldn't recognize all the traditional Chinese characters, let alone guess any riddles.